time/timezone setting

[mac11]

I have an app that runs under Linux (centos and LFS flavors) and I'm having problems with reading the correct time after I change the timezone (by moving the link at /etc/localtime to point to the new timezone file)

Basically, I use a call to time() to get the current time - and when I change the timezone while my app is running the call to time() does not reflect the new timezone unless I kill it and restart. Is there some environment variable or something that I need to update along with the timezone link?

I posted this question under c/c++ programming too:

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2530303#post2530303

[michaelb]

I am not sure if this would solve your problem, but check whether TZ is defined in your environment:

mingus% echo $TZ
US/Eastern
mingus%

[michaelb]

I probably missed the point here - changes to environment may not affect the running process, you have to restart it.

[mac11]

no no - setting TZ helped :)

If I set TZ when I change the timezone everybody is happy